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Re: Anime/Manga Thread

Only on the episode of FMA where Ed is chasing his teacher (not good with names) who's trying to rescue that kid who supposedly has Ed's arm and leg. Then the millitary and the Homonwhatever show up. Sorry, I'm SERIOUSLY NOT GOOD WITH NAMES.

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Originally Posted by Mkan

Better get good with them soon considering how many things you'll have to remember.

I watch most anime only knowing the names of a few of the main characters and everyone else by sight. It doesn't matter too much. It helps if you want to talk about character but knowing the names is not essential.

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He's watching the original anime, because Wrath in the anime was completely different from manga!Wrath. Anime!Wrath was a whiny little child with mother issues and Ed's limbs. Manga!Wrath made Chuck Norris look like a boy band member.

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If you're not familiar with the series, it's basically a magical girl anime starring Illya from F/SN in an alternate universe, and is a dual parody of magical girls and Fate/Stay Night in general.

So.... yeah. This might be something to look out for if you're into the magical girl genre, or if you want to see more Fate in a totally different way.

Ah yes, I remember hearing about this some time ago. Both magical girls and Fate are relevant to my interests, so I'll be keeping an eye on it. I don't know much about the series, though, so I'm partially wondering if it'll be like the Phantasmoon segments in Carnival Phantasm, or if it's actually serious or something (probably not).

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Man, I have so many feelings and praise for that series, and writing them down would be the same things already said in this thread, but
Yes, this series has the best mixture of action, comedy, drama and characterization I've ever seen. Arakawa is a master at her work, and it really shows.

I often consider the 2009 one a great adaption although it suffers from slight hiccups in pacing. But yes, as of now, FMA Brotherhood remains as my favorite anime series of all time.
I want to forget the 2003 version, though. I'm probably just biased, but I can't stand that take on the manga.

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Just found a nice new series, and it's being made by KyoAni! It's called Hyouka, and is sort of a high school slice-of-life-ey anime with some mystery solving. The animation is beautiful and there were some points where I actually thought "wow, this might beat out Angel Beats for best animation I've ever seen".
First episode came out last Sunday, people should take a look at this.

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Negima! One of my most favorite anime series. I grew up with the manga, so I'm quite attatched to the series. Nodoka Miyazaki is my favorite student in his class~. What about you?

Oh, which season (for lack of a better word?) was that? I don't remember particularly liking the anime as much as the manga, but the manga was alright. It had its funny moments and CMOA moments, but too much fanservice and fairly disappointing ending.

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HOLY SMOKES WE THINK ALIKE. Her extreme shyness is exactly why she is easy to
like. That and her crush on Negi.

Correct. Her shyness made her a very likable character for me. I also think that Makie is a good character (besides being an idiot, no offence to her.)

Originally Posted by SSBBrawler

Oh, which season (for lack of a better word?) was that? I don't remember particularly liking the anime as much as the manga, but the manga was alright. It had its funny moments and CMOA moments, but too much fanservice and fairly disappointing ending.

I was in Year 4 when my friend first let me read his manga. So it would be Season 1, back when Asuna's eyes looked as they were meant to. But the fact that I grew up with it might be why I enjoy it so much. Out of Season 2, I pretty much only have the Spring & Summer Special. Being exposed to fanservice at a young age is probably a good thing.

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Why the hate for the first Fullmetal Alchemist?
I understand it doesn't follow the manga very closely near the end (because the manga wasn't finished when it was made), but from my experience, most of the people that hate it for that reason haven't even read the manga.
Besides that, the completely made up ending does a good job of concluding the anime, all things considered. If there were no manga, you wouldn't notice any problems with the original anime's ending. It ties plot points together and wraps things up much better than most anime I have seen.

I just don't understand this "I CAN ONLY LIKE EITHER THE ORIGINAL OR BROTHERHOOD" mentality.
You can, and really should, like both, because they are both some of the best anime ever made.

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Originally Posted by Eruedraith

So I joined the Puella Magi Madoka Magica brigade.

This anime is just a must-watch. Other than that, I won't say a thing here.

Wooo high five!

So I continued P4A last night, and considering that one of the episodes I watched was the Hierophant/Justice one, it made me remember something... Dojima really is an asshole here compared to the game, huh? I don't know if it's just his voice actor making him sound monotone or something else, but... it's terrible. So P4 might be one of the rare instances where I prefer the dub to the original.

While my list would be in a different order, with a couple of different anime, we largely have a similar-looking list. But I do agree that only the first season of DTB is worth watching. It's a bit of a shame, it was a good series, and the sequels didn't live up to it.

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Originally Posted by cheeseman

Why the hate for the first Fullmetal Alchemist?
I understand it doesn't follow the manga very closely near the end (because the manga wasn't finished when it was made), but from my experience, most of the people that hate it for that reason haven't even read the manga.
Besides that, the completely made up ending does a good job of concluding the anime, all things considered. If there were no manga, you wouldn't notice any problems with the original anime's ending. It ties plot points together and wraps things up much better than most anime I have seen.

I just don't understand this "I CAN ONLY LIKE EITHER THE ORIGINAL OR BROTHERHOOD" mentality.
You can, and really should, like both, because they are both some of the best anime ever made.

It's just that after watching Brotherhood, I couldn't shake off the feeling that I was watching an animated fanfiction.
I also felt that the plot for the first Fullmetal Alchemist was too convoluted.
Granted, I did read the manga first and thus I'm a little biased, but in all honestly even if I hadn't known/read the manga of FMA, I wouldn't have considered the original FMA as one of the best anime series ever made. The fact that it needed a movie to conclude the plot also really hindered my opinion of the first series.

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My opinion on the two FMA anime is that the original may be good as a standalone, but not so much as an anime adaptation of a manga. Brotherhood was basically the exact anime adaptation of the manga, and so people who wanted to see the manga in anime form would prefer Brotherhood.
The producers of the original FMA anime also took a lot of liberties and most of the character development and relations ended up being completely different from the manga, but you can't really blame them since they didn't have a finished manga to work off of at the time.